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The King and the Whore

King Roderick and La Cava

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  • © 2007

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Part of the book series: The New Middle Ages (TNMA)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

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This study explores the extraordinary afterlife of the Spanish legend of King Roderick and La Cava in plays, poems, novels and operas from the Eighth century to the present day.

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"Drayson's study contributes fresh insights into the existing scholarship on the subject. The first three chapters of her study, in particular, provide an invaluable resource on the background of the 'King Roderick and La Cava' legend, as Drayson painstakingly and comprehensively differentiated between history and legend, and with great clarity documents the differernt directions the legent takes early in its existence . . . a worthwhile and engaging study." - Sixteenth-Century Journal

About the author

ELIZABETH ANNE DRAYSON is a member of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and lecturer in Spanish at New Hall and Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, UK.

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